King Of The Road

Words & Music

Roger Miller

 

C           F              G7               C

Trailer for sale or rent.  Rooms to let for fifty cents.

C            F              G7

No phone, no pool, no pets; I ain't got no cigarettes.

        C            F

Ah, but two hours of pushing broom

       G7               C

Buys a eight by twelve, four-bit room.

      C7     F                 G7            C

I'm a man of means by no means:  King of the Road.

 

Third boxcar, midnight train; destination: Bangor, Maine.

Old worn-out suit and shoes; I don't pay no union dues.

I smoke old stogies I have found; short but not too big around.

C7     F                 G7            C

I'm a man of means by no means:  King of the Road.

 

BRIDGE:

       C                 F

I know every engineer on every train,

G7                      C

All of the children and all of their names,

    C                F

And every handout in every town,

    G7

And every lock that ain't locked when no one's a-round.

 

I sing:  [repeat first verse]

 


 





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